offend

Meaning

Verb

  • To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
  • To feel or become offended; to take insult.
  • To physically harm, pain.
  • To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
  • To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
  • To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
  • To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.

Origin

  • From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō, from ob- + *fendō.

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